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G. W. GILLEY.

REVOLVER.

No. 350,346. Patented Oct. 5, 1886.

UNITE STATES PATENT FEICE.

GEORGE \V. CILLEY, OF NORE ICH, CONNECTICUT, ASSICNOR TO THE HOP- KINS ALLEN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

REVOLVER.

CPEOIIE'ICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,346, dated October 5, 1886.

Application filed July 1, 1856. Serial No. 206,845. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. CILLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Norwich, New London county, Connecticut, have invented a certain new and useful Improve ment in Revolving Fire Arms, which improvement is fully set forth and described in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My improvement is in that class of revolvers in which the barrel and frame sections are hinged together forward of the cylinder, the several parts being so constructed and connected that the act of breaking down the barrelacts to force the ejector forward until the empty shells are expelled, when said ejector returns to its normal position in the cylinder. Afamiliar type of said class may be seen in Patent No. 227,481, issued to J. H. Bullard, May 11, 1880, to which patent I refer for a more detailed description of the features which are common to this class.

My object in this present invention is to provide a new form of spring, (for use in that sub-class which has a laterally-movable lifter or idler,) which spring may be easily and cheaply made, and which will be less liable to be displaced or broken by severe use.

In order to more clearly describe my invention, I have annexed hereunto asheet of drawings, in which Figure l is a side elevation of a revolver having my improvement attached, a portion of the barrel and frame being cut away to expose the litter and ejector-pin. Fig. 2 shows a portion of the frame with barrel thrown down, the lifter havingbeen tripped by the barrel. The ejector is shown as in the act of returning to its normalposition within the cylinder.

The letter A indicates a frame of ordinary construction, and B a barrel hinged thereto.

0 represents the ejector stem, held forward by a retractoespring concealed within the cylinder E.

My lifter or so-called idler a is hung on the pivotal screw or stud b, and is provided with the usual hook, c, to engage the end of the ejector-stem; also a projection, (I, to engage the :frame while in the act of ejecting. 5o

Said lifter is cut through at a point between the projection d and the pivot b, as shown at e, the recess thus formedleading into the pivot-hole a considerable distance below the center of said hole.

I have found it both convenient and cheap to drill two holes of suitable size for the ends of the desired slot or recess, and then to broach or punch out the uncut portions, leaving a clean recess with semicircular ends. recess so formed I place a spring, h, formed preferably of flattened steel, whose ends are bent to conform to the shape of recess 0, and whose upper central portion bears with con- In the siderable force against stud b, with a feud 6 ency to draw the lifter downward, and thus' hold the projection d in engagement with the frame.

\Vhen the barrel is tilted to eject the empty shells, the lifter remains in its normal posi tion (shown in Fig. until the barrel engages projection (Z and crowds the lifter upward against the force of spring h. The retractorspring then returns the ejector to its closed position in the cylinder, and the arm is ready 7 for reloading. As the'barrcl is swung forward to lock with the frame, spring h snaps the lifter-projection dback to its position in front of the frame.

I am aware that laterally-movable lifters So have been shown and described heretofore; and I do not therefore seek to cover, broadly, such a device. So far as I am acquainted with the state of the art, lifters of this class have been held in and returned to their nor- 8 5 mal positions either by a peripheral spring or by a spiral spring acting on an intermediate shoe which bears on the lifter-pivot. In the latter case the shoe is provided as an antifrietional bearing to prevent the cramping or 0 Having thus described my invention, I said recess) whose central portion engages the claimlifter-pivot, substantially as and for the ob- In an arm of the class referred to, in comject specified. bination with the ejector-stem, a 1atem11y-- GEORGE XV. OILLEY. 5 movable lifter provided with a recess, 0, Icad- Vitnesses:

ing into the iv0t-h01c, as described, and a FRANK H. ALLEN, how-spring (cenformingin shape with the JOHN E. \VARNER. 

